Rail-joint



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B. V. J S;

. RAIL JOINT.

N0. 351,324. Patented Oct. 19, 1886.

ROBERT VINTON JONES, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

RAIL-=JOINT.

SPECIFECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,324, dated October 19, 1886.

Application fllcd June 2-1, 1886.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT VINTON J was, of Cleveland,in the county of Ouyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefnl Improvements in Rail-Joints,ot' which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway-rail joints, and has for its object to provide a means of firmly uniting theabutting ends of railwayrails, being additional improvements for perfecting my Patent No. 322,828, dated July 21, 1885.

The invention consistsin the combination of a flanged fish-plate with 'wedges and a chair, constructed and arranged as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

The flange of the flanged fish-plate has lugs which fitinto notches made in the flange of the chair and the flangeot'the rails for thepurpose of preventing the possibility of the rails opening at the joint.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device as seen attached to the rails. Fig. 2 is a cross section of same. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the chair and fish-plate combined in one piece. Fig. 4 is a detached view of the flanged fish-plate. Fig. 5 is a detached view ofthe locl .ing-wedges. Fig. 6 is an outline view of the rails, showing the notches in the flange.

A B represent the abutting ends of two railway-rails.

O is a rail-joint chair, formed with an overlapping portion, O, for covering the flange of the rails A B. It also has an upward projecting portion, G which forms a fish-plate, designed to lie against one side of the web of the rails A B. The opposite side of the chair has an upward and overturned flangeG". This chair and fish-plate Imakc in one piece.

Serial No. 206,169. (X0 model.)

D is a fish-plate, having a flange, D which lies on the flange of the rails, and also has a narrow flange or lip, 11, just above the bend or angle of the plate D and flange 1). The fishplate isgreatly stiffened by thelip or flange (Z, and this with. the wedges serves to bind the fish-plate firmly against the Web of the rail, and thereby makes a firm joint without the use of bolts.

E F are wedges, which are forced in between the flange C and lip (Z, and bearing on the flange ot' the rails, thereby firmly looking all together. The top surface of wedgeE is provided with inclined notches e e, and the wedge F has a hooked spring-arm, j, which engages with the said notches for securing the wedges together. Lugs Z Z are made on the edge of the flange D, which extend into holes in the flange O of the chair 0, and also fit into notches n a in the edge of the flange of the rails. Notches 0 are also made in the bend of the chair, into which the spikes lie which secure the chair to the tie.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The flanged fish'plate D, having lip or rib d, in combination with wedges E F and a chair, O, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination,with two abutting rails, ofthe chair 0, having parts 0, O, and C, the flanged fish-plate D, having lip d and lugsl l, and the wedges E F, for securing the rails together, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

ROBERT VINTON JONES.

Witnesses:

GEO. XV. T1 mn'r'rs, E. W. LAIRD. 

